Tag Archives: OCRA

Old Coulsdon residents angry at developer badgering wildlife

Posted on October 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s planners are accused of working together with developers to allow the destruction of an ancient badger sett in Old Coulsdon. Residents have been collating evidence for two years of deliberate vandalism to the sett, despite the protected species status … Continue reading →

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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Jul 2

Posted on June 19, 2022 by insidecroydon
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Two-days-a-week libraries latest step in ‘lingering demise’

Posted on March 21, 2022 by insidecroydon

Staff and residents’ associations warn that reduced opening hours to be introduced from April 4 are just ‘library closures by stealth’ The borough’s public libraries will go on to a new, reduced hours timetable next month, the last part of … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon RAs reject council planners’ charter for developers

Posted on February 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

Two of the borough’s biggest residents’ associations have joined forces to reject council proposals which would allow profit-hungry developers to build even more blocks of “overpriced executive shoeboxes” in their leafy suburban part of Croydon. The East Coulsdon RA and … Continue reading →

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Old Coulsdon village to fight against planning ‘intensification’

Posted on October 30, 2021 by insidecroydon

A residents’ association in the south of the borough is organising to defend what it calls its “leafy suburban character” against unbridled overdevelopment allowed by Croydon Council. “About eight out of 10 emails in my inbox relate to planning,” says … Continue reading →

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Residents’ associations angrily reject Scott’s concrete plans

Posted on July 17, 2020 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s housing targets are out-of-step with the Mayor’s London Plan, and residents are on the warpath against the Town Hall’s planning chief, reports BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent When Paul Scott, the architect behind Croydon’s disastrous planning and housing policies, … Continue reading →

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The Coulsdon family who lost three of their four sons to war

Posted on October 28, 2018 by insidecroydon

As we approach the centenary of the Armistice that finally ended World War I, real-life stories of the sacrifices of local people continue to emerge. This year’s Remembrance Sunday is on November 11. The latest edition of the Old Coulsdon … Continue reading →

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Old Coulsdon RA summer party, Cameron Hall, Sep 16

Posted on September 5, 2017 by insidecroydon
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Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association annual meeting, Apr 3

Posted on March 29, 2017 by insidecroydon
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Coulsdon residents elect UKIP figure as new chairman

Posted on March 20, 2015 by insidecroydon

The Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association has elected a controversial figure from UKIP as its new chairman. Janet Stollery was elected as chair at OCRA’s annual meeting on Wednesday night. Last month, Stollery, together with two other UKIP members, caused disgust … Continue reading →

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Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association annual meeting, Mar 18

Posted on February 21, 2015 by insidecroydon

The Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association annual general meeting is being held at Old Coulsdon Congregational Church from 7pm on March 18. Refreshments will be served, and there will be a presentation by London’s Air Ambulance open to all residents at … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon residents determined to badger council on Cane Hill

Posted on March 15, 2014 by insidecroydon

Having withdrawn its proposals for Cane Hill just before Christmas in order to “review” traffic plans and reconsider providing a second exit from the mini-town of 677 homes that they want to build, developers Barratt have now come back with … Continue reading →

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